Why was America's inaugural CIO cuffed for petty thievery as 21-year-old? He swiped four dress shirts from J.C. Penney - and made a run for it.
In 1996, according to a police report obtained by The Associated Press, a J.C. Penney security guard watched as future US chief information officer Vivek Kundra put four dress shirts …

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So this is what the press have been making so much time over???? Shop lifting a 130 bucks worth of shirts from Pennys, which he plead guilty to paid the fines/court costs and performed his community service. Talk about a tempest in a tea cup, a 20 plus year old shop lifting charge that he made full restitution on. Yeah that's so worthy of the sheer amount of coverage this has gotten, talk about people grasping at straws in an attempt to get anything they can on Obama or his staff. jesus h christ people get a grip. I'll be 99% of all politicians have done something similar or worse in their "youth" and may or may not have been caught.

A criminal in government? NOT MY PRESIDENT

It's not like ever have had people with criminal convictions appointed to our government before; no thieves, drunkards, adulterers, rapists, bigots, druggies, fraudsters, grafters, war criminals, traitors, genocidal maniacs...

Thank God the media is so vigilant that we have never had suffer such criminals in our government!

What a rough sentence.

There are lots of criminals on Bama's administration

Bama attracts criminals like a prison cell. Bama is doing all that he can to fill cabinet positions with convicts. They fit in nicely with the other criminals already in Congress. The media will have plenty to write about for decades with the Bama-rama admin including a possible impeachment.

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@politics: What's has Jesus' sex life got to do with this?

He can come when he's good and ready.

As for the poor sod in question, did the crime, did his time, I think it's called "paying your debt to society". Unfortunately Fox is going scratch and scratch and scratch and scratch until a man who looks like a perfectly competent CIO gets bulletted.

Thieves? Liars? In postition of power?

No way. This is all lies. How could you. To imply that any number of those so many hold in such high regard could be just as bad, or far far worse, and merely have `gotten away with it`. Naaa...

Then consider the BLACK HOMELESS man who received 15 YEARS for stealing $100 from a bank... He wasn't armed. Granted it's not exactly the same, but sheesh...http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/265402

Why is this a story?

Why is this a story here? What has it possibly go to do with his competence to do the job? I mean really, it's a petty crime that happened years ago, it may be interesting to some of the public, but that doesn't mean that it's in the public interest to go around raking this sort of thing up.

If he did it yesterday, yes it'd be a story, but this is petty crap from his past, let it lie.

This is so unlike the previous administration

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It's not the crime that is notable, it's what it represents. It represents a lapse in judgement, faulty integrity, and an intention to avoid responsibility (running away from authority when caught). This is not an indiscretion committed by a thirteen year old, up-to-no-good, unsupervised kid with too much time on his hands; this was an act perpretated by a 21 year-old adult, who you would expect is mature enough to make his own decisions and understand the rules of society.

Sure, it is a very petty crime, but it still shows a flawed character. So, the question is, do I want a person who just little over a decade ago showed irresponsibility and lapse of judgement, in charge of policies or decisions that affect our entire country?

The answer may very well be, yes: he is very talented and has grown from that experience, proving himself since a worthy and honorable man. However, I do not know enough of the man at this point to make that judgement. Still I believe the question is valid. The outrage may be misplaced and exaggerated, but the question is valid.

@ There are lots of criminals on Bama's administration

Do you have any idea how ridiculous you sound? I'm guessing that you do, which is why you're posting anonymously. The man took his punishment, and is now a productive member of society. Or perhaps you think that any crime must be punished for life, no matter how small?

@ This is so unlike the previous administration

But isn't that meant to be the point? This lot are supposed to be NOTHING like the last lot!

Still it's a non-story really though: man does crime, pays price, rehabilitates (!) and becomes one of the country's top IT leaders. Sounds like something those success-lovin' merkins would be throwing a party over myself, rather than trying to crucify him?!

Youthful ??

Can you imagine this?

CORRIGENDA

In last week's edition, we erroneously reported that a Mr V. Kundra of Montgomery County, MD had been arrested on suspicion of "shirtlifting and aggravated buggery". The charges should in fact have read "shoplifting and aggravated burglary". We would like to offer our sincerest apologies to Mr Kundra for any distress that may have been caused by this misprint.